Happy New Year

Why do people make such a big deal about year ends? Why is the 31st of December more important than the others? Do you feel different when you wake up on the 1st of Jan? Do you feel brighter, more loved, more knowledgeable, fitter, happier on the 1st of Jan? In today's era, when loneliness is termed as individualism, we take up every occasion to celebrate but New Years is a period I stopped liking when I realised that everyone was counting the years gone by and looking upon the past year rather than looking whole-heartedly forward to the following one. Since two years, I have even lost the reflex of wishing people 'Happy New Year' when the new year begins! Even then, despite being cynical to the core, the end of 2008 was quite something for me. Sun, sand, sea, love, laughter and good food...I couldn't have asked for more. I'm hoping the 'new year' will give us all love, laughter, peace and harmony.